Coat-hook



(No Model.)

I H. G. HART.

GOAT HO0K.,

Patented July 14, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. HART, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

C OAT H O O K SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,030,dated July 14, 1891. Application filed November 18, 1890. Serial No.371,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY O. HART, of De troit, in the county of WVayneand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCoat-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in coat-hooks, hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation with one of the hooks removed. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of one hook. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the bracket. Fig.at is a plan view of the bracket with a portion of one hook attached.

It is exceedingly difficult and commercially almost impracticable tocast double coathooks in a single piece unless they are made of aductile metal which can be bent into shape after being. cast; and theobject of my improvement is to simplify and cheapen the production ofsuch hooks.

A represents a bracket adapted to be fastened to a wall or article offurniture and carrying the hooks. The bracket A is provided with a hubB, both sides of which are countersunk, as shown at O, and having therim cut away on each'side, as indicated at D, the opening left being ofthe same width as the shank F of the hook.

E represents a hole through the center of hub B, through which a rivetpasses to hold the three parts of the hook firmly together. The hook iscomposed of a disk I, adapted to fit within the countersunk portion 0 ofthe hub B, and having therein a hole K to register with the hole E, andat the end of the shank is a depending hook H and an upright hook G, oreither of these, as maybe desired. The shank F of the hook is made tofit in the opening D of the hub B and is joined to the disk I at anangle, as shown in Fig. 4, to separate the two hooks.

The bracket and hooks are cast separately, which is a very simpleoperation, and are assembled by placing the disks I of the two hookswithin the countersunk portions 0 of the hub B, the shanks F projectingthrough the openings D, then passing a rivet through the holes E K, andriveting the whole firmly together. By this construction the whole hookcan be readily and cheaply made of cast- 1ron.

Instead of casting the bracket and coathooks separately, one of thehooks may be cast integral withthe bracket, when the casting will havethe appearance shown in Fig. 1, and the other hook may be castseparately and riveted to the bracket and hook which is integraltherewith.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A coat-hook consisting of a bracket having a countersunk hub withopenings at the side to fit the shanks of the hooks, and two hookshaving their shanks adapted to fit the openings in the hub andterminating in disks adaptedto fit-the countersunk portion of the hub,the Whole being joined by a rivet, substantially as shown and described.

2. A coathook consisting of a bracket A, having a countersunk hub B, andahook having a shank F provided with a disk I, arranged in thecountersink of the hub andrigidly attached thereto, substantially asdescribed.

HENRY C. HART.

Witnesses:

CYRUs E. LOTHROP, GERTRUDE H. ANDERSON.

